mwg
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is George involved in this by any chance?
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Hammer
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Paul J was going to make a campaign against Kony, then his dad told him to get a real job.
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BarnshaW
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Nic Barnes
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paul j lol he is involved in everything
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Ben G
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paul j is going to kick the fuck out of the internet when he reads that.
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Paul_J
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Originally posted by Butler
Agree. Although being optimistic, If you can get people to care about something using the media its a step in the right direction. Its the same medium which makes people so self conscious, so self absorbed and so materialistic. Fair play to guy for making money, its a good cause. People only get worked up about it because they don't want to be part of a 'bandwagon', and want to go against the grain of society, because individual expression mean more to them than someone or something they cannot directly relate too, and thats the sad fact and adverse effect of consumerism.
I saw you battling with someone on FB about this after you posted the link...
I have no problem with the methods they used to promote this, I have a problem with the reaction the general public has after watching it.
Most people who've just watched that vid:
The reality is, that is was an extremely well produced video, which triggered emotional effects on the viewers in the way it was shot, the way the message were portrayed and the imagery used.
What I dislike, is the fact that - before someone has watched that vid, they don't know who Kony is and don't really care... then after watching the vid, they act like they're 'in the know' / 'part of the cult' / fighting for justice!
- It's fair enough if someone watches the vid, goes and reads up about the situation and forms a judgement about what is happening, but the reality is - 95% of people I saw on reddit / facebook today, watched the video and just said 'THIS GUY MUST BE FOUND AND KILLED! MAKE IT HAPPEN!'
... or even worse... 'I've just bought my Kony 2012 Braclet <3 - What have you done?' 
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Lawrah
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This. You just worded it far better than I did. And im a fucking disgrace to society for the way I did that.
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Nath
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http://i.imgur.com/khtOV.jpg
perfect
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Steve
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this the same guy that lived next to vibrio that painted peoples cars?
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Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
this the same guy that lived next to vibrio that painted peoples cars?
He abducts kids with the promise of good price resprays on Civic's with 20" chrome spinners.
[Edited on 07-03-2012 by Nath]
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Sunz
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Originally posted by Nath
http://i.imgur.com/khtOV.jpg
perfect
Hows your fund raising going ? 
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Steve
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watching the vid, uni students will absolutely love this shit.
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Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by Sunz
quote:
Originally posted by Nath
http://i.imgur.com/khtOV.jpg
perfect
Hows your fund raising going ?
I knew that was you. I did 'TTT' my post to see who but then realised only you called me by that weird name!
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Ian
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Originally posted by Butler
Thats because youre everything thats wrong with society Lawrah 
Seems a reasonable opinion based on never even having met the girl.
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dava.
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will gladly watch this from the sidelines,
but this did make me
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
http://i.imgur.com/khtOV.jpg
perfect
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Jambo
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RUF! rUF!
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C2RL R
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You lot are spot on about how people react after seeing a 30 minute appeal video. I read this thread before watching the vid so I wasn't affected by it. Had it been the other way around then I may have become involved too! Or maybe I'm not that weak. He does need to be stopped though to be fair. I was aware that this shit went on although I had never heard of this guy.
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FlaFFy_91
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haha
but seriously, i dont agree with what he does obviously i think he should be stopped, but after watching the video and reading into it a little bit i came across the same info that paul j found, and i dont think that's right either,
cant wait to see the results of the April 20th cover the night campaign though, may even shoot up to the liverpool one to see what happens
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Dom
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Originally posted by Steve
watching the vid, uni students will absolutely love this shit.
I'm waving my degree certificate in disgust 
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emicen
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Isn't this really just what Blood Diamond showed us?
Still amazes me europeans and americans think they can fix africa despite 2 centuries of evidence we can't.
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LeeM
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quote:
Originally posted by emicen
Isn't this really just what Blood Diamond showed us?
Still amazes me europeans and americans think they can fix africa despite 2 centuries of evidence we can't.
We should all adopt one of them, they can live with us and do jobs around the house to pay their way...
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Cavey
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Africa is massively overpopulated anyway, if they're not killed by some mental guy they'll starve to death or die from disease anyway.
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JaffaTB
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got bored after about a minute
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Steve
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this will be another excuse for uni kids to spend another year doing fuck all taking years out to swan off to africa at tax payers expense
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